“Like any kind of addiction, it’s a terribly difficult thing to break.” – Republican political consultant and former McCain presidential campaign strategist John Weaver, commenting on how hard it is for Republicans to break the habit of reflexively sticking up for Big Oil (quoted in Washington Post)

Here are Rachel’s and Keith’s 6/17/10 reports. And I want to apologize to you, Joe Barton, that I misconstrued your words to mean what you said instead of what you later tried to redefine them to mean.